Divorce, cheating, and infidelity fiction

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Sharing a favorite band with a romantic partner might mean more than just having an easy time picking out a concert to attend. A recent study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that romantic couples share much more similar musical tastes than they do personality traits or personal values. The research indicates that a shared love for specific artists is modestly associated with better relationship quality.

https://www.psypost.org/musical-compatibility-often-outshines-personality-matching-in-romantic-couples/

The dumbest "science" to date. Smart people like smarter music. Dumb people like Cradle of Filth, Blink 182, Pantera, Cannibal Corpse, Deafhaven, and other material of that nature.

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For men with lower testosterone levels, a stronger physical reaction to an outcome was followed by a decrease in risk-taking on the next turn.

For men with higher testosterone levels, the opposite pattern emerged. A stronger physical reaction to a win or loss was followed by an increase in risk-taking on the subsequent draw.

https://www.psypost.org/high-testosterone-is-linked-to-loss-chasing-behavior-after-setbacks/

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Sinema has acknowledged a romantic relationship with Ammel that she says began in 2024. His ex-wife, Heather Ammel, claims that they had "a good and loving marriage" before Sinema interfered and has sued the former senator for "alienation of affection." North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allow a spouse to sue a third party for breaking up a marriage.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinemas-ex-bodyguard-gave-her-an-ultimatum-then-her-paintings-ended-up-in-the-pool

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A Spanish study found many divorced fathers lost touch with their kids decades ago, while divorced mothers stayed close.

https://studyfinds.com/why-so-many-older-divorced-men-face-aging-with-no-one-to-call/

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A California husband allegedly killed his wife's lover in a fit of rage after he came home early from work and found the man in his underwear with her in bed — alongside their two young children.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/us-news/california-man-ismael-pinedalopez-kills-wifes-lover-after-finding-him-in-bed-with-her-at-their-home-da/

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Decades later, on a family holiday with her own sons, Rachel asked again.

"I said to my mum, 'Oh, Joseph's 10 now... Ian was 10 when you let him go with Dad and Irene.'"

She says her mum was "beside herself with guilt and the shame... for her selfish decisions"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxddv1vygpvmo

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As predicted in one of these stories...

"I try to love my neighbor through public policy," the Presbyterian seminarian told the congregation. "I'm trying to make my neighbor's life easier, better, less stressful."

From Quaker abolitionists to the Social Gospel's challenge to industrial exploitation, progressive religious institutions have helped drive some of America's most consequential political transformations. Christian farmworker ministries supported migrant laborers before joining the United Farm Workers' California grape boycotts in the 1960s. And while Black churches overwhelmingly led, sustained, and suffered the brunt of violence in the fight for equal civil rights in this country, a handful of white denominations joined them.

According to PRRI's Census of American Religion, which was published in April, 57 percent of Democrats identified as Christian in 2025, a significant drop from 70 percent in 2013. The white Christian left isn't necessarily growing, but it's far from insignificant. Much of it has simply been politically overlooked.

https://theintercept.com/2026/10/30/texas-christian-left-democrats-haynes-talarico-hinojosa/